Friendaholic by Elizabeth Day @elizabday @4thEstateBooks @NaomiMantin #Friendaholic #ElizabethDay #TheClqrt #NonFictionBookReview #Bookreview #BookBlog

4th Estate Books 30th March 2023 Book Description Growing up, Elizabeth wanted to make everyone like her. Lacking friends at school, she grew up to believe that quantity equalled quality. Having lots of friends meant you were loved, popular and safe. She was determined to become a Good Friend. And, in many ways, she did.…

Good Girls by Hadley Freeman @4thEstateBooks @HadleyFreeman #GoodGirls #HadleyFreeman #Memoir #Anorexia #TheClqrt #BookReview

4th Estate Books 2nd March 2023 Book Description 'For a long time, I told no one about my past, because I worried they'd see the madness I tried so hard to hide. But anorexia leaves scars, from the illness itself and the treatment of it, which left me traumatised, institutionalised and in a state of…

The Greatest Self Help Book is the one written by you by Vex King & Kaushal @booksbybluebird #SelfHelp #TheClqrt #BookReview #SelfHelpBook #Journaling

Blue Bird Books 8th December 2022 Book Description Are you ready to go on a journey of self - exploration to become the best version of yourself? This journal will give you the power to rewrite your own story. With daily activities, affirmations and prompts to encourage you to self-reflect, adopt a positive mindset and…

We Need to Talk by Emily Hunt @emilyinpublic @mardleBooks @MelandJedi #WeNeedToTalk #EmilyHunt #theClqrt #BookReview #NonFiction #EssentialReading

Mardle Books February 2023 Book Description Emily was in a restaurant, having lunch with her father - the next thing she remembers is waking up, naked, in a strange hotel room, next to a man she did not know. She suspected she had been drugged and raped. She later found out she had been filmed…

Everyone’s Invited by Soma Sara @GalleryBooks @SimonSchuster #EveryonesInvited #SomaSara #EssaysCollection #BookReview #BookBlog #TheClqrt #BookReview

Gallery Books September 2022 Book Description We are all part of a culture that is broken. It's in the news we read, the films we watch, the music we listen to, the people we surround ourselves with, the institutions we navigate, the laws we follow and the streets we walk. We are part of a…

Don’t Ask Me About My Dad by Tom Mitchelson @TomMitchelson @HarperNonFic #DontAskMeAboutMyDad #TomMitchelson #TheClqrt #NonFiction #Memoir #BookReview

Harper Collins March 2022 Book Description Growing up, Tom saw his dad abuse his mum, shout obscenities in her face, brutally drag her around the house and inflict other unspeakable cruelties. It went on for years; the family never told a soul. Tom knew his dad was a monster, yet he loved him. He was…

My Body by Emily Ratajkowski @emrata @QuercusBooks #MyBody #EmilyRatajkowski #BookBlogger #BookReview #NonFictionReads #TheClqrt #RecommendedReading

Quercus Books November 2021 Book Description Emily Ratajkowski is an acclaimed model and actor, an engaged political progressive, a formidable entrepreneur, a global social media phenomenon, and now a writer. Rocketing to world fame at age twenty - one, Ratajkowski sparked both praise and furore with the provocative display of her body as an unapologetic…

Top Girl by Danielle Marin @MardleBooks #nonfiction #memoir #theclqrt #TopGirl #DanielleMarin #bookreview #bookblogger

Mardle Books March 2022 Book Description Meet Danielle Marin, grammar school girl turned county lines drug dealer. Betrayed by the police after a brutal assault, Danielle's happy childhood turns sour when she finds the protection she needs in gang life. Can Danielle find a way out before it's too late? My Thoughts This was a…

The Book Collectors of Daraya by Delphine Minoui @PicadorBooks @DelphineMinoui #TheBookCollectorsofDaraya #TheClqrt #NonFiction #BookReview #BookBlog

Picador Books March2021 Book Description In 2012 the rebel suburb of Daraya in Damascus was brutally besieged by Syrian government forces. Four years of suffering ensued, punctuated by shelling, barrel bombs and chemical gas attacks. People's homes were destroyed and their food supplies cut off; disease was rife. Yet in this man-made hell, forty young…

Stronger by Poorna Bell @booksbybluebird @panmacmillan @poornabell #TheClqrt #Poornabell #nonfiction #bookreview #bookblogger #memoir

Bluebird Books 29th April 2021 Book Description Now a competitive amateur power-lifter who can lift over twice her own bodyweight, Poorna Bell is perfectly placed to start a crucial new conversation about women's strength and fitness, one that has nothing to do with weight loss. In Stronger, she describes how taking up weightlifting after the…